Ofsted inspection · 14/01/2020
Overview of St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England Academy · Primary · Blackburn with Darwen
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 23% | 0% | 38% | 8% | 50% | 4% | 50% | 4% | 65% | 58% | 98.0 | 99.0 | 99.0 | — | — | — | 32% | 186 |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 7% | 63% | 22% | 48% | 11% | 70% | 15% | 67% | 78% | 104.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 | — | — | — | 22% | 201 |
| 2022/23 | 27% | 0% | 65% | 4% | 31% | 0% | 38% | 8% | 62% | 54% | 100.0 | 99.0 | 100.0 | -3.30 | -6.50 | -4.40 | 21% | 203 |
| 2018/19 | 43% | 0% | 54% | 11% | 46% | 0% | 61% | 18% | 68% | 64% | 100.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 | +0.30 | -3.70 | +0.30 | 28% | 190 |
| 2017/18 | 35% | 0% | 42% | 19% | 58% | 12% | 46% | 0% | 65% | 62% | 99.0 | 96.0 | 100.0 | -1.10 | -1.80 | -2.50 | — | 180 |
| 2016/17 | 25% | 0% | 25% | 4% | 61% | 0% | 57% | 4% | 71% | 54% | 95.0 | 99.0 | 101.0 | -6.60 | -5.00 | -2.00 | 30% | 171 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 186 | 15.5 | 32% | 30% | 61% | 6% | 19% |
| 2023/24 | 201 | 18.6 | 22% | 22% | 63% | 8% | 30% |
| 2022/23 | 203 | 19.2 | 21% | 13% | 68% | 10% | 35% |
| 2021/22 | 199 | 18.8 | 25% | 6% | 67% | 11% | 37% |
| 2020/21 | 188 | 18.8 | 19% | 5% | 64% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 190 | 19.8 | 28% | 8% | 64% | 8% | 26% |
| 2017/18 | — | 18.8 | — | — | — | 7% | 22% |
| 2016/17 | 171 | 16.1 | 30% | 4% | 62% | 5% | 16% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.